Keith Ambachtsheer, director of the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management(ICPM)at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, has been recognized with the top Outstanding Industry Contribution Award at the 7th annual IPE European Pension Fund Awards.
He was one of ten nominees for the award, which was voted on by readers of Investments & Pensions Europe, a London-based pension magazine and website.
“I think of this as a longevity award because I got into this industry in the late 1960s,” Ambachtsheer says. At the beginning, there were only pension bits and pieces. There was no coherence compared to where we are today.”
He has been a key figure in the global pensions arena for more than 30 years. In 2005, he helped establish the Rotman ICPM, which aims to be a leading exchange of best practices in global pension management as well as a source of best ideas in pension fund legislation and regulation.
To read an excerpt from his book, Pension Revolution: A Solution to the Pension Crisis, click here.
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